re: Another thing that might help
Tuesday, April 9, 2002 at 8:24 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by unit3
(1 messages posted)
It sure helped! Thanks so very much!
On Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 2:36 am, Olivier Engelkes wrote:
>I have a remark about Things
>that slow down system bootup:
>
>There is something else about networking - in some cases you can't just 'pull the
>plug' of the network driver.
>
>Sometimes at bootup, the computer stops making noise and seems to be waiting - this
>is because it searches the (absent) network for someone to give him an IP adress.
>He is waiting till timeout, and then continues to boot. (dhcp system, for further
>research)
>
>We will now check, in case you are NOT connected to a lan, wether your ethernet
adapter
>has an assigned ip adress, avoiding to wait for one (that will never come) at bootup.
>To do so, right click on the Network Neighborhood or My Network Places icon, select
>properties, then search for an entry like TCP/IP -> Card *** Ethernet (not for
>dial up connection!) and select properties. From there you should have a tab called
>IP Adress, and then check wheter there is one or not.
>
>BUT! If you are already in a network, you should'nt change it, ask your network
administor.
>If you aren't connected to a lan, then you cn just put in a private adress like
192.168.0.1
>- If your lan driver are like the one I encountered on some pc's, you should now
>spare up to a minute at bootup
>
>Hope this helps!
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- Another thing that might help (Olivier Engelkes: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 2:36 am)
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